MEADOWLARK. 
501. Sturnella magna. 10°%4 inches. 
Meadowlarks are familiar friends of the hillside and 
meadow; their clear fife-like whistle is often heard, 
while they are perched on a fence-post or tree-top, as 
well as their sputtering alarm note when they fly up 
before us as we cross the field. 
Song.—A clear, flute-like ‘tseeu-tseeer,’ 
sputtering alarm note. 
Nest.—Of grasses, on the ground in fields, usually 
partially arched over. Three to five white eggs specked 
with brown (1.10x.80). 
Range.—N. A. east of the Plains and north to south- 
ern Canada; winters from Massachusetts and Illinois 
southward. 
Sub-species.—501.1. Western Meadowlark (neglecta) . 
This race has the yellow on the throat extended on the 
sides; its song is much more brilliant and varied than 
the eastern bird. It is found from the Plains to the 
Pacific. 501¢e. Florida Meadowlark (argutula) is smaiter 
and darker than the common. 
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